© Derby Museum and Art Gallery
Romeo and Juliet
Artist: Joseph Wright of Derby (1734 - 1797)
Location: Derby Museum and Art Gallery
Date: 1786 - 1791
Materials: oil on canvas
Dimensions: 178 x 241 cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £8,312 (Total: £33,250; tax remission)
Vendor: James Oaks
Review number: 2917 (1981)
Provenance:
Painted for Boydell's Shakespeare Gallery but rejected and remained with the artist; Christie's 1801; Christie's 1810; Henry Moseley; Mrs Thomas Thorpe, 1857; Oakes family before 1883, by descent.
Description:
The moment when Juliet awakes in the tomb to find Romeo's dead body and the empty cup of poison beside it. Seizing the dagger, she is about to kill herself.
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